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Rose Rushbrooke is a serial artist. Everything that goes around comes around. She wrote her first published piece when at school nearly sixty years ago. She is writing again. Along the way, she mastered more than one creative medium. From painting gouache pictures in her Caribbean studio to designing and stitching textiles, to weaving tiny glass beads together here in America. She was born in London, England, lived in the Caribbean for fifteen years of her life, and her American husband imported her to the USA in 1996. She is a serial traveler.

Gallery Renovations in Progress 5

We have been working long and hard to build the museum of our dreams. What started out as the dream of our founders Heather Kahn and Kristina Skillin, has been shaped by a community of artists, beaders, hobbyists, and more.

Christopher Venn & The Beaded Dress Project. 7

My name is Christopher Venn, I'm 45 years old and I'm a full-time carer to my wife. I've been beading for about 3 years and I fell into it almost by accident. 

Conversations with the Artist Lynne Sausele 1

Lynne Sausele has spent her career as an artist with a constant passion to create and innovate in whatever medium she is working in. Her art education at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston was one that encouraged exploration and the freedom of discovery. That model has stayed with her during a career spanning jewelry design and production, ceramics, printmaking, fine art painting, and beaded sculpture and jewelry.

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Conversation with the Artist: Julie K. Gray 0

Julie K. Gray (she/her/hers) grew up in NH but has been happy to call Maine her home since 2007. She earned her BFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design in 2005 and has since earned her MFA in Studio Art from Maine College of Art in 2012. She works primarily in photography, sculpture (papier-mache and beaded works), and needlepoint and has exhibited widely in New England.